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Had this happen to me on MOT lucky the tester send to me if i had 2 blub and put them in he wouldn`t fall it. So had to explain to him about the DRL are the sidelight as they dim it pass in the end but lesson learned for me so now i take it to my dealer for MOT and it pass ever year with no problems

On the vrs with chrome headlight there are 2 H7 blubs main and dip on the vrs/ monte carlo with black headlight there is 1 H7 blub to do main/dip

For a OEM turbo actuator £300 is not to bad as for recommend suppliers i've always used skoda-parts.com for OEM parts as there cheaper then dealer most of the time but you got to walt 10 or so days for delivery. Euro car parts are not to bad on most things and there ebay or go to the original part maker usually they are cheaper then skoda

When I did both my front door wiring looms on my fab MK2 I got new ones from my dealer £190 with VAT for both O/S & N/S looms not to bad really. There was some wiring looms kit's in eBay but they looked a bit cheap to me

Only place I found one for my fabia MK2 vRS was dealer at £390

The fuses you want are 57/58 both 15A in fuse box driver side under steering wheel.But it more likely to be the new headlight switch as they come with front and rear fog lights and the vRS as only rear fogs on the switch remove the new switch and put the old back and see if the headlights works

The downpipe and cat is in one and the only place I could find one was Skoda dealer and it's not cheap £1.250 +vat

Fitted my new steering wheel today it's not a big job to do but you have to take your time with it all the plugs are the same the steering wheel and airbag fit with no problems the steering wheel nut can be reused up to 5 and the taque settings are 30nm+90°.the steering wheel and airbag I used was from a 2019 karoq sportline and the switchs are from a 2013 fabia vrs

The best thing to do is check all the rear suspension system out make sure it all good. The rear storage compartments in the boot can come loose and rattle and there is a vent behind the rear bumper that can come loose and rattle it all so allows water into the boot spare wheel well. The panel gaps look okay to me look about the same as my vRS estate the MK2 is know for not having perfect panel gaps

Looking at the video it could be the sump gasket but the sump are stick on with gasket sealant and toque to 9 nm you are meant to use new bolt in the sump when refitting it but a common fault is a PVC value o-ring leaking or a broken breather hose. The best thing to do is clean up all the oil off get it up to temp and have a good look for the leak

Most likely a broken wire's in loom get a new one there £85 form dealer and 15mins to fit I've replaced both doors in my vRS estate 👍

Yes still got the car The light is clipped to the roof trim by some sliver clips

The only factory fitted rear lights are on car with the factory fitted sun roof like my one

You might as well do it all as it not worth doing just tensioner as you need to take it all apart to get to it

Yes sounds like the timing chain on the way out as my one did this I got my one changed all good now. It's big job to do but not to hard to do if you know what you are doing when doing it I would change the water pump assembly as it has to come off to do the timing chain. All the parts for my one Come to £880 all OEM parts and it took about 6 hours to do it. Skoda dealer wanted £1200 for the parts and a week to do the work

Most likely to be the coolant pump common problem with the 1.4 TSI as it Dives the supercharger as well I start looking there

Not on the fabia as the mk 1,2 & 3 all sit on the same platform and have the same wheel PDC 5X100

Yes a lot of VAG wheels will fit as long as they're 5x100

I take it you got a MK2 vRS so the parts you need are Oil filter 03C115561H Fuel filter 1K0201051K Sump plug N90813202 Cabin filter 6R0819653 Can't do air filter as I've got a pipe cross one in my vRS estate hope it helps you out

I tend to use OEM parts as much as possible on my vRS estate as you get some come back if it goes wrong I have use Bosch part before and there good got Bosch plugs and coll pack in at the moment and wiper blades had no problems with them at all

I've got Twenty20 Daylight +150 H7 in my fabia rs they are £22.99 (pair) from ABD.co.uk Where a lot better than the standard Halogen bulbs more light on the road and the hotspot is more were you need it be but can't give you a full review to winter and the very dark nights 👍

to be honest i'm getting it done to stop big problems all coming at once as timing chains, water pumps and turbos are weak points. Normally i do it but too busy with work and my dad pass a way no long ago so still dealing with that and i get on with my local skoda dealer and they going to check the hole car over for me at the same time. It give me a head start were to look as i will do most of the work on it as i want to upgrade most parts as i plan to keep it forever.

i'm back in a fabia vRS estate ( had 3 of them now ) i forgot how much fun they are to drive not had it long it need some TLC but got skoda service history up to 2016 and it been serviced at the same place the last 5 years and in them 5 years it's only covered 20.000 miles. engine is good no oil problems still on full mark after 500 miles but its book in for timing chain and water pump at skoda as i can't seem to find it ever being changed and it's on 140.000 miles now. DSG is good on problems (but need to check to see if it's had the recall) will be when it go for it's timing chain. in general it's not in bad shape bodywork is ok need some paint work on some parts wheels need a refurb but it's 9 years old so it's going to need some work and i can upgrade part as i go so looking forward to see were i end up with the car as they have a lot of porential to be a great little car

i'm back in a fabia vRS estate ( had 3 now ) forgot how much fun they are to drive some pics of the new toy